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Introductory Questions

• What is cheating? How is it different from lying?
• Is cheating ever justified?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages cheating?
• How should cheaters be punished?
• Are we morally obligated to report any cheaters we encounter?
• Under what circumstances is cheating a crime?
• Is cheating simply about “breaking the rules”? Or is it about exploiting them?
• Should there be special sporting events for athletes who want to use performance-enhancing drugs?
• Is cheating more acceptable in some cultures than in others?
• Do men and women cheat at the same rate?
• Do certain institutions encourage cheating?
• Are people born with a sense of fairness?
• How can schools prevent cheating?
• Is it possible to cheat in war?
• What is the economic perspective on cheating?
• Should cheating disqualify a politician from winning elected office? How about lying?
• Have you ever cheated?

The Business of Cheating

• False Advertising
• Corporate Espionage
• Tax Evasion
• Collusion and Price Fixing
• Cheating in Sales and Negotiation
• Insider Trading
• Resume Fraud

Teaching Cheating in Education  

• Cheating in the , , the , and Abroad
• Institutional Cheating
• Plagiarism
• The Debate Over Neuroenhancing Drugs

Not So Honest Abe: Cheating in Politics  

• The Politics of Deception
• Message Manipulation
• Cheating Among States
• Gerrymandering: Strategy or Skullduggery?  

Gaming the Games

• Performance Enhancing Drugs
• Match Fixing and the Ethics of Throwing a Game
• Video Games: Cheat Codes and Other Exploits
• Cheating and Gambling: Vice on Vice?

Art or Artifice?

• Counterfeiting and Forgeries
• Technological Shortcuts: Cheating the Process? 
• Borrowing vs. Stealing in Music: Sampling in Hip Hop and Beyond
• Lip Syncing, Autotune, and the Limits of the Authentic

Additional Cases to Research (Examples)

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• FIFA World Cup:

Additional Terms to Learn (Examples)

• Cost/Benefit Analysis | Tracing | Steroids
• Nootropics | Cosmetic neurology | Cosmetic infidelity
• Fudge Factor Theory | “Green Card Marriages”
• Double cross | Catfishing | Prisoner’s Dilemma
• Crib | Bunco | Hustle | Swindle | Smoke Screen

Additional Questions & Cases to Discuss (Examples)

• Watch Dan Ariely’s on “Our Buggy Moral Code” – or read this and excerpts from his . Does his work change your view of cheating?
• Explore some . Should they be considered acts of cheating?
• Listen to Lin Miao-Ke lip-syncing at the opening of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and to Beyoncé doing the same at President Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration. What do these two performances have in common, and how are they different? Explore other notable lip-syncing incidents, and discuss with your team: why is the practice seen so unfavorably?
• Should card counting be illegal? Is it cheating? Research the case of the MIT students whose card counting techniques resulted in .
• in art?
• When a referee misses an illegal play in a sporting event, as in , should the offending player report it?
• Is it cheating for an athlete to draw a favorable call by a referee?
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• What is the difference between and simply presenting yourself in the best possible light?
• Study the online practice known as . Does the Internet make it too easy to lie?
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• Should students be tested for before major exams?
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• Is it ever justifiable for researchers to fake or “massage” data, as ?
• Consider the synonyms for cheating listed . What conclusions can you draw from them about the social context in which they evolved?

• Film contains mature language and should only be watched with teacher consent and adult guidance.